Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds in…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank my friend from Georgia (Mr. Carter) for being here today on the floor. Madam Speaker, obviously, I rise in strong support of our bipartisan Land Management Workforce…

Mr. Speaker, let me close by noting that this bill is crucial because it shows that, if given proper assistance, the region can stand up for itself. This measure does not put U.S. boots on the ground. U.S. support and leadership is…

Madam Chair, I rise in support of this amendment, which would allow for the implementation of the National Ocean Policy. Plain and simple, coordinated ocean planning makes common sense and is a good economic policy for our coastal…

I am just amazed that my friend from Florida would be in possession of such intricate knowledge. I thank her for acknowledging it.

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike section 429. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 333, the gentleman from Virginia and a…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The sum of the harmful consequences of global climate change is the existential crisis of our generation and, perhaps, of our century. Global temperature changes are already causing…

Madam Chair, I rise in support of this amendment. The amendment strikes a rider that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from updating regulations pertaining to the definitions of the terms ``fill material'' or ``discharge of…

Madam Chair, I respect the chairman's objections to this, but I would like to point out that all that this amendment does in striking the section is allow the EPA to consider future changes to the ``fill'' definitions. Clearly, the work…

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Chairman, despite what you may hear from some Members of Congress, gray wolves have not recovered. In a test by the Fish and Wildlife Service to remove them from the Endangered Species Act, protections for…

Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time is remaining on each side. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from Maryland's time has expired.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania. He is quite right. This is very costly for the States. The State of Virginia has estimated a cost of over $16 billion to…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Mr. Chairman, at this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), the chairman of the pertinent subcommittee in the Agriculture Committee.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, my amendment simply prohibits the EPA from using the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load and the Watershed Implementation Plans to take over States' water quality…

Madam President, I rise to speak in support of an amendment I have filed to the Every Child Achieves Act that will be brought up, I believe, later today. In the spirit of my friend the Senator from Texas I am glad he has joined me on this…

there's not clarity and a single point of contact is--speaks volumes about the need to at least take forward the legislation that this Committee passed in a bipartisan way.

Mr. Chairman, I certainly have no quarrel with the committee or the committee chairman or the subcommittee chairman. I think this is a great pilot project, which was why I thought it was a brilliant idea, which is why I wanted to at least…